Project Profile
A. Organization Summary
Name of the Implementing SRI VIDHYAS CENTRE FOR THE SPECIAL CHILDREN
Organization
About the Organization Sri Vidhyas centre for special children is aimed to develop the skill sets of
special children in academics, social skills, self-help, language which will help
them feel accepted in the community.
The school is addressing the issue of impacting the lives of these special
children through specialized training and teaching methodologies since 25
years. The children who are enrolled in the school face mild, moderate, severe
and profound challenges. The children are with disabilities like cerebral palsy,
autism, children with Down syndrome, learning disabilities, mental
retardation and epilepsy and speech impairments. These above challenges
affect their daily functioning and there is a need for them to be trained in
activities like developing their motor skills, self-help skills, skills for daily living,
academic skills, language skills and pre-vocational skills.
This school provides a starting point for families in their search for
information, resources and support. The focus of the school is to educate and
train the intellectually challenged. Through counselling sessions and
workshops, it advocates its cause to the family and community thus
empowering them and society. It employs sub-staff from the neighborhood
and thus in turn is adding to the economic help of the neighborhood slum.
Registered Address Plot No. 24, Block 3, Seva Mandal, Mahendra Hills, East Marredpally,
Secunderabad, Telangana – 500 026
Website www.srividhyaschool.org
Contact Information Name: V. Shanthi Venkat
Email id: shanthi@srividhyaschool.com
Phone number: 9490439801
Designation: Executive Director
B. Proposal Summary
Name of the Project Educating and Training Differently Abled Children & Adults
Locations of implementation: Plot No. 24, Block 3, Seva Mandal, Mahendrahills, East Marredpally,
Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500 026
Number of Beneficiaries: 150 Beneficiaries
Key Objectives • To impart intensive specialized training to students with mental
retardation and other cognitive disabilities.
• To make students self-reliant, helping them develop various life
skills, and wherever possible, providing vocational training.
• To integrate special students into the mainstream of life.
• To provide support and guidance to parents and family members of
students with special needs.
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• To create and enhance public awareness and understanding of
cognitive disabilities, and to promote positive interactions between
the general public and those with mental retardation.
Key activities Sri Vidhyas centre for special children is aimed to develop the skill sets of
special children in academics, social skills, self-help, language which will help
them feel accepted in the community.
The school is addressing the issue of impacting the lives of these special
children through specialized training and teaching methodologies. The
children who are enrolled in the school face mild, moderate, severe and
profound challenges. The children are with disabilities like cerebral palsy,
autism, children with Down syndrome, learning disabilities, mental
retardation and epilepsy and speech impairments. These above challenges
affect their daily functioning and there is a need for them to be trained in
activities like developing their motor skills, self-help skills, skills for daily
living, academic skills, language skills and pre-vocational skills.
We provide a starting point for families in their search for information,
resources and support. The focus of our organization is to educate and train
the intellectually challenged. Through counselling sessions and workshops, it
advocates its cause to the family and community thus empowering them and
society. It employs sub-staff from the neighborhood and thus in turn is
adding to the economic help of the neighborhood slum.
Brief Description of training imparted by us:
We train mild; moderate; severe and profoundly retarded children. Only
mild and moderate children can take up vocational training due to the
reasons given above.
At Pre-primary level children should identify colors; vegetables; fruits;
vehicles and any; objects i.e. fan; door; home and their belongings like bags;
shoes; their body-parts and their names i.e. they should respond when
someone calls their names. Also to indicate toilet-needs and take food by
themselves, children should have proper eye-hand coordination and be able
to follow instructions.
At Primary level children should name all colors; vegetables; fruits and
objects like vehicles etc. They should tell their names and do meaningful
counting of 1 to 10 numbers using small sentences. They should be able to
wear their clothes and take their food without spilling and wait for their
turn. They should be able to greet others and attend social get-togethers.
At Secondary level they should express their needs using sentences; write
their names; names of their family members; house address; telephone
number; do simple additions; identify clock and calendar and also learn to
serve food and share things with others. They should have an inkling of
money-concept and be able to communicate, their needs in a way that will
be socially acceptable.
At Pre-vocational level they should dress-up neatly; wash their clothes and
plates; handle fire; light a stove; cut vegetables and prepare simple snacks
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like sandwiches; coffee/tea etc; write their biodata ; prepare leave letter;
exchange money; understand the difference between yesterday; today and
tomorrow; be able to use calculators and share their food/eatables with
others. These children can exchange jokes among themselves and enjoy the
same. They can listen to their choice of music; watch movies; and also
understand the concept behind various places like hospitals; bus-stand;
railway station; and using a watch to learn concept of time. They should be
able to pack things; seal things; arrange things on the shelf/carton. They
should also receive visitors; prepare provision lists and time-table.
Apart from imparting the above mentioned skills we teach atta-making;
candle-making and envelope making; preparing greeting cards etc in our
Centre.
Severe and profound children have gross motor and fine motor problems-
Gross motor means achieve neck control; sit with/without support; stand
with/without support; walk with/without support- Fine motor means using
fingers to hold things and have balance while holding things. They have
mobility problems and also health problems like frequent epileptic attacks
also- Hence these children can't be taught vocational training. However, we
teach them self-help skills like toilet-indication, wearing clothes taking their
food independently.
Further, few social skills are taught like greeting others; watching TV without
disturbing others and listening to music and playing with others i.e. indoor
games. Each goal can be achieved in a duration of three months to one year
by these children, irregular attendance by these children also contribute to
prolonged time taken for improvement in these children.
Apart from conventional techniques of teaching special children we adopt
various alternative techniques like yoga; meditation; music therapy; games
therapy; cooking classes and outdoor excursions for enjoyment and
recreation that are very often denied to the special children.
Key Outcomes Expected Outcomes from the beneficiaries
Skill enhancement among the intellectually challenged children will
consistently improve.
Consistent improvement in academic, social, self-help, speech &
language skills among the mentally challenged children.
C. Background:
The idea behind starting a school by Sri Vidhyas centre for special children was to develop the skill sets of
special children in academics, social skills, self-help, language which will help them feel accepted in the
community.
The school is addressing the issue of impacting the lives of these special children through specialized training
and teaching methodologies. The children who are enrolled in the school face mild, moderate, severe and
profound challenges. The children are with disabilities like cerebral palsy, autism, children with Down
syndrome, learning disabilities, mental retardation, epilepsy and speech impairments. These above challenges
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affect their daily functioning and there is a need for them to be trained in activities like developing their motor
skills, self-help skills, skills for daily living, academic skills, language skills and pre-vocational skills.
For parents with a child who is intellectually challenged, face with feelings of isolation and do not know where
to begin with. Their journey is often filled with strong emotional disturbances, difficult choices, interactions
with many different professionals and specialists, and an ongoing need for information and services for their
intellectually challenged child. The parents reach a transition point where they need new information or
renewed support. Marital problems are reported to be present to a greater degree because of the lack of time
for nurturing the marriage plus the frequent problem of parents disagreeing on what needs to be done for the
child
This school provides a starting point for families in their search for information, resources and support. The
focus of the school is to educate and train the intellectually challenged. Through counseling sessions and
workshops it advocates its cause to the family and community thus empowering them and the society. It
employs sub-staff from the neighborhood and thus in turn is adding to the economic help of the neighborhood
slum.
Goal: The programme firmly believes that every child has the right to learn, play, to gain self-respect and to
develop and use his/her capacities to the fullest extent possible. The goal of the programme is to develop and
augment the abilities of these children through training, teaching aids and methodologies, based on the
challenges faced by them.
D. Theory of Change:
The empowerment of the community and the mainstreaming of the Disabled Children into normal regular
society is the biggest outcome. The nearby Addagutta slum and other Beneficiaries are reassured that this school
will be here for long time. The Children continue to attend the special school with a faith and trust. Some
families are having more than one special child, some are having 3 children coming to the school. The Key
Achievement of the school is thus the fact that the beneficiaries are receiving school support. They are receiving
the correct Training and Education which helps to empower them. Their self-esteem is therefore enhanced. with
their joy and happiness is linked the peace and acceptance in the family and neighborhood. This key
achievement is the main outcome of the project.
E. Sustainability of the initiative
Sri Vidhya is indeed fortunate to be receiving financial assistance from our regular donors and well-wishers.
They have been helping Sri Vidhya and is keenly involved with the growth and development of the school. We
deeply appreciate the Trust they have towards our organization.
However, a growing school with an ambitious vision and mission like Sri Vidhya is continually in search of and
is need of funds to be able to maintain its quality of service and high standard of Training imparted to the special
child.
The Donors are greatly satisfied with the genuine work being carried out at the school. They are impressed by
the cause the school has chosen for itself. The school is doing a wonderful job in imparting Training and
Education to Special Children.
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The Holistic training is given to all sections of the society without any discrimination to age, gender, caste and
community.
Once the child is admitted the training and altruistic in nature. There is a Transparency in the objectives
followed by the school in its curriculum. These and many other such factors are impressed upon the Giving
Donor to contribute to the school's finances.
The school is tirelessly keeping a Record of all old senior Donors and is maintaining communication and contact
with them seeking their help in all humility and with intense gratitude. The school has to depend on every source
of goodness and generosity to be able to hold forth and maintain a healthy Financial Report and Balance Sheet.
we thank and appreciate the Public for their concern to the school to maintain sound economic status and
sustainability.
The school will tirelessly make effort to be in contact and inspire the goodwill of all its Donors - Old and New -
The Greeting cards helps immensely to maintain these addresses. For the last 25 years we have been sending
New Year Greeting Cards to all our contacts old and new. The number has come into thousands now. These
well-wishers help in our sustainability
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IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
No. Activities* Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
1 Assessments √
2 Programme Planning √ √ √ √
3 Goals Setting √ √ √ √ √
4 Counselling with Parents √ √ √ √
5 Home-based programmes √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
6 Implementation of the √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
programmes
7 Cooking classes √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
8 Home visits √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
9 Birthday celebrations √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
10 Sports day √ √
11 Dassera, Children’s Day √ √
celebrations
12 Observing International √
Disability Day
13 New Year Celebration √
14 Diwali celebration √
15 Christmas celebration √
16 School Annual Day √
17 Outing programme √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Supermarket √
Parks √
Traveling by train √
Traveling by bus √ √
18 Kite Festival √
19 Sibling workshop √
20 Parents’ workshop √ √ √
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